Phys. Rev. B 49, 14546 (1994)

Multiphonon scattering from surfaces

J. R. Manson
Max Planck Institut für Strömungsforschung, Bunsenstrasse 10, D-3400 Göttingen, Germany
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29630
V. Celli and D. Himes
Max Planck Institut für Strömungsforschung, Bunsenstrasse 10, D-3400 Göttingen, Germany
Department of Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904

(Received 9 July 1993)

We consider the relationship between several different formalisms for treating the multiphonon inelastic scattering of atomic projectiles from surfaces. Starting from general principles of formal scattering theory, the trajectory approximation to the scattering intensity is obtained. From the trajectory approximation, the conditions leading to the fast-collision approximation for multiquantum inelastic scattering are systematically derived.

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